Horse-protector.



B. P. WELLAND. HORSE PROTECTOR. APPLICATION FILED APR.7, 1914.

1, 1 08,045, Patented Aug. 18, 1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BARDENES P. WELLAND, OF BRICELYN, MINNESOTA.

HORSE-PROTECTOR.

To all whom it may concern 3e it known that I, Bannnnns P. lVnL- LAM), acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Bricelyn, in the countyof F aribault and State of Minnesota, have made certain new and usefulImprovements in I lorse-Protectors, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention is an improvement in horse protectors, and has for itsobject to provide a device of the character specified, especiallydesigned to protect the feet of horses from injury by wire either barbedor plain wherein mechanism is provided capable of attachment to thehoof, and comprising a horse shoe of a particular construction, andprotecting mechanism supported by the shoe and by the hoof, the shoebeing so arranged that'it is not necessary to replace the same atfrequent intervals, when used with young horses.

In the drawings: Figure l is a side View of the improved protector inplace, Fig. 2 is a rear view, Fig. 8 is a perspective View of one of theshields, and, Fig. 1 is a partial bottom plan View of the shoe, showingthe joint between the sections.

The present embodiment of the invention is shown in connection with thehoof 1 of a horse, and the invention comprises a shoe composed ofsections 2 and 2, the said sections being hinged together at the toe,and each section being provided near the hinge connection with a toecalk 3, and at the opposite end with a heel calk 4:. The meeting ends ofthe sections are rabbeted, as shown at 5 in Fig. 4, to overlap, and apivot pin 6 is passed through the lapping ends, to pivotally connect thesections at the toe. The shoe sections are of plain light material, andare held to the hoof in any desired manner, and the protecting elementsare connected with the shoe and with the hoof.

Each of the protecting elements is a substantially U-shaped rod or bar,comprising a body 7 and arms 8 and 8 the body and a portion of the armsbeing of round material. The extremity of each arm is flattened, asshown at 9 and 9 respectively, and is provided with a longitudinallyextending series of openings 10 and 10 respectively. A. substantiallyU-shaped extension is connected to each of the U-shaped rods or bars,each extension comprising a body 11 andarms 12. The arms 12 areconnected with the body of the U-shaped rod, on each side of the centerSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 7, 1914.

Patented A11 18, 1914. Serial No. 830,150.

thereof, and the plane of the said extension is at approximately a rightangle to the plane of the U-shaped rod or bar.

The protecting elements are arranged as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, thebodies 7 of the said elements engaging over the hoof in such manner thatthe extensions 1112 will cover the fetlock, and will extend away fromeach other, as shown more particularly in F 2. The flattened portion 9of each U-shaped rod or bar is connectedto a heel calk 1, by means of ascrew bolt 13 or the like which passes through one of the openings 10,and a registering opening in the heel calk. Each screw bolt is passedfrom the rear forwardly, and is engaged by a nut 14: on the inner sideof the calk. One end of each of the U-shaped rods or bars is engagedwith the heel calk of the opposite shoe section, and the other end ofeach of the said members engages the hoof near the front thereof, and onthe opposite side from the shoe section to which the other end of thesaid rod or bar is connected. Screws 15 or the like are passed throughthe openings 10 at the last-named end of each of the said U-shaped rodsor bars, and into engagement with the material of the hoof.

It will be noted from an inspection of Fig. 3, that the flattenedportion 9 of each protector is of greater area than-the flattenedportion 9" at the opposite end, and that the openings 10 at the said endare larger than the openings 1O at the other end.

The arms 8 of the U-shaped rods or bars cross each other at the rear ofthe hoof, as shown in Fig. 2, and the said arms are clamped together atthis point, by means of a substantially U-shapcd clip. The body of theclip is arranged between the arms and the hoof, and the arms 16 of theclip extend.

above and below the crossing of the arms- A plate 17 provided at eachend with an opening engages the arms 16 of the clip on the opposite sideof the arms S from the body of the clip, and nuts 18 are threaded ontothe arms outside of the plate.

The improved structure can be attached to the boots of young horses, andwithout the necessity of resetting the shoes at short intervals as withthe rdinary shoe. The sectional character of the shoe and the jointedconnection between. the sections permits the hoof to expand and to grow.without clamping or deforming the hoof because of pressure of the shoe.

tension is spaced rearwardly from the fetlOCk, in such manne' as todeflect the wire from this point. The wire will slide down over the armsoi? the protecting devices, and will become disengaged from the shoe.lhe attachment as a whole is light, does not disconunode the horse, andprevents injury to the feet especially during growth.

I clainu 1. A device of the character SDQCifiQCl, comprising a sectionalshoe, the sections beinc similar and being; pivotally connected. at thetoe, and each section having a toe calk near the connection and a ull hiI the opposite end, a pair of substantially ilshaped n'otecting;- rods,each rod having its ends flattened and provided with openings, a screwbolt passing; through one of the openings at one end, each heel call: ha

ing an opening; for receiving the adjacent screw bolt, the other end ofeach ill-shaped rod being conic "ted witli the boot a; "the frontthereo'i and near the front end oi? the opposite section oil? the shoe,said 1- ids crossing each other at the rear of the llOOlE, means forclamping the rods i'ogggeth r at their crossing, and z ibstzmtialiyii-shaped eX-' a tension connrcted with arch of the said rods atapproxiniatoly the center thereof, said extensions extcndi f; downw awa;roin each other at the rear of the ieilock.

2. A cha ac device of the or specified, comprising); a sectional shoe,the sections being); similar and bcin givota ly connected at the toe,and each nation having a toe czll: near the connection and a heel calkat the opposite end, a pair oil": sub ntially l.l shaped prol'coti rods,car rod having its ends flattened and provi: i with openings, screw boltpass through one of the openings :1 one end, each heel call: having anopen no; for receiving the adjacent screw bolt, the other end each orii'shapcd rod being]; connected with the hoof at the front tbercoi andnear the front end of the opposite section of the shoe, said rodscrossing each other at the r ta r of the boot.

3. A device oil? the character SPGUli Q/(l, ('(fll'll ndslllg a shoeconI-Jist of sect ns hinged together at the toe, earn. section having'toe and heel. callcs, and a pair oil substantially U-sl aped protedingrods, each. of the rods einhrac in one side if the hoot and.

having one end pivoted to the heel call; of the opposite section of theshoe and hav'ng the other end connected to the hoof near the toe, saidrods crossing at the rear of the hoot, a elann iing derice for clampingthe rods together at the crossing, and an extension on each rod, heextensions extending downwardly and outwardly for protecting the rear ofthe footabove the hoof.

i. .i-L'i device of the character specified, cmnprising a shoeconsisting of sections hinged together at the toe, each section havingtoe and heel calks, and a pair oi substantially tl-shaped protectingrods, each of the rods embracir one le of the hoof and baring one endpnroted t1. toe heel call; of the opposite section of the sn )d-itllClhaving the other end connected to the hoof near the toc, said rodscrossing); at the rear of the hoor.

to embrace one side of the 1100i", and having means for permitting oneend to be connected to the hoof; near the toe, a shoe consisting oilsections hinged together at the toe, a pivotal coimection between theother end of each rod and the opposite section elf the shoe at the heel,the rods crossing atthe roar oi? the boot and each having an extensionextending downwardl and outwardly, and means for clamping the rodstogether at their crossing.

G, device of the character specified, rising a pair of substantiallyU-shaped' or bars, each rod or bar being adapted brace one side of theboot, and having i-i ne for permitting one end to be connected to theboot 1 car the toe, a shoe consisting; of sections hinged together atthe tee, a pivotal connection between tne other end of each rod and theopposite section of the shoe at the heel, the rods cr ssing at the rearof the hoof, and each having an extension extending downwardly andoutwardly.

'7. ll. device of the character specified comprising a pair o'l.substantially U-shaped rods or bars, iach rod or bar being adapted toembrace one side of the hoof, and having" T T'S P. -WELInAND.

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